Archive for the ‘Software’ Category
Thursday, February 26th, 2009
Unfortunately, many websites that collect email addresses do so without your best wishes in mind. Case and point: I decided to help meetup.com this evening by clicking on one of their sponsored ads. Because of the way Google AdWords/AdSense works, the ad hoster may not get any revenue ...
Posted in Ads, Annoying, Depressing, Ridiculous, Software, Web Development | 4 Comments »
Tuesday, January 6th, 2009
Thanks to Paul Reinheimer for sneakily tagging me.
I made it to the state tennis tournament 3 out of 4 years in high school.
I read the entire DOS manual when I was 5.
I've owned a house since I was 23.
In 1993 and 1994 I saw every state in the U.S. and ...
Posted in Flash, Gaming, House, Life, Programming, Relationships, Software, Stocks, Vacation | 2 Comments »
Monday, December 22nd, 2008
Dictionary.com defines dominate in the following ways:
1) to rule over; govern; control.
2) to tower above; overlook; overshadow
As I was racing today, I owned one of the longer races by completing it in 5:17. The "time to beat" in order to gain domination status was 5:38. It seems to ...
Posted in Annoying, Bugs, Depressing, Entertainment, Gaming, Programming, Ridiculous, Software, Sports | No Comments »
Thursday, October 30th, 2008
A generous gift was bestowed upon me last week -- Dell's PowerEdge SC420 server. It came with two (2) 80GB hard drives which I have since replaced with two (2) 1TB hard drives. I decided to mirror these drives for the sake of redundancy using Linux's built-in software ...
Posted in Amazing, Hardware, Hosting, IT, Linux, Ridiculous, Software, Technology, Ubuntu | No Comments »
Saturday, October 25th, 2008
It really couldn't be any easier than this:
sudo apt-get install openssh-server
You're done. Now you can use ssh to remotely connect to your Ubuntu box.No related posts.
Posted in Amazing, DIY, IT, Linux, Security, Software, Ubuntu | No Comments »
Saturday, October 18th, 2008
As I was piddling around on LogMeIn today, I noticed that the PC I was currently using was on the list of online computers. I tried to remote control it and received a warning message, but beneath it was a button that allowed me to control it anyway.
This was ...
Posted in DIY, IT, Software | 3 Comments »
Saturday, October 11th, 2008
Every year my desktop gets older, our mortgage gets smaller, the games get better, and I crave new hardware. The 1st step is to admit you're addicted, right? Without further adieu, I present you with my pick for the best gaming desktop of 2008. My picks were ...
Posted in Amazing, DIY, Entertainment, Gaming, Hardware, IT, Money, Reviews, Ridiculous, Software, Technology | No Comments »
Thursday, October 9th, 2008
The advent of YouTube, Hulu, Netflix's watch instantly feature, torrents, and offsite/online backup has made good bandwidth crucial to an enjoyable experience. The first time my wife got me killed by hogging the bandwidth while I was playing World of Warcraft I immediately cranked up the DD-WRT control panel ...
Posted in DIY, Gaming, Hosting, IT, Reviews, Software, Technology, Web Development | No Comments »
Monday, October 6th, 2008
I finally kicked my habit!
Turdrangus
Level 70: 17 days, 19 hours, 27 minutes, 32 seconds
Total: 35 days, 23 hours, 48 minutes, 52 seconds
Jorina
Total: 4 days, 21 hours, 35 minutes, 38 seconds
Total
40 days, 21 hours, 24 minutes, 30 seconds
Start Date: August 2007
End Date: October ...
Posted in Entertainment, Gaming, Money, Software, WoW | 8 Comments »
Sunday, September 28th, 2008
I decided to give Google Chrome another chance today, hoping there would be an update to fix the scrolling issue I previously discovered.
The following steps produce the following error message—if you can call it that.
Using Google Chrome, navigate to http://www.google.com/chrome/
Click "Download Google ...
Posted in Annoying, Bugs, Depressing, Google, IT, Programming, Software, Technology, Web Development | No Comments »
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